Despite exhibiting significant signs of recovery, the overall Retail-Restaurant industry’s collective decline has been 3.7% against the S&P Composite market’s increase of 2.1% in the first six months of 2018.

The market is likely to be somewhat schizophrenic in the days ahead, reacting to the news of the day. With more than 2,000 companies reporting over the next 10 trading days, the market will continue to move between losses and gains near-term.